Quotes about returning home

Nine tourists who suffered light injuries or were not injured in the bomb attack in Cairo late last week arrived at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport in HCM on Tuesday afternoon.– Photo 24h.com.vn CAIRO – Nine tourists who suffered light injuries or were not injured in the bomb attack in Cairo late last week arrived at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport in HCM on Tuesday afternoon. The nine victims are Lê Thị Ngọc Lan, born in 1977; Trần Tấn Huy Cường, born in 1972; Trần Tuấn Thông, born in 1964; Trần Thị Hồng Loan, born in 1966; Trần Thành Trung, born in 2002; Trần Thanh Trúc, born in 1999; Lê Đức Minh, born in 1961; Nguyễn Thị Anh Thơ, born in 1997 and Nguyễn Thị Anh Thư, born in 1961. After landing in Việt Nam, the victims had health checks at HCM City’s Hospital of Medicine and Pharmacy … [Read more...] about Vietnamese bomb victims return

Nearly 1,000 children from Ky Anh Town in the central coastal province of Ha Tinh were forced to stay at home while their peers from all over the country were attending the new school year opening ceremony on September 5. Local authorities said that only a third of students, around 550, attended ceremonies held at kindergartens, primary and middle schools in the town. The reason behind this is an environmental disaster caused by a Taiwanese steel plant Formosa, which killed off tons of fish along a 200 kilometer stretch of Vietnam’s central coast. Nguyen Thi Huong from Ky Ha Commune told VnExpress that catching fish and producing salt are the only means of making a living in the area. Since the incident, salt farms have been left abandoned while fishing boats lie quietly on the sandy shores. “I have four children who should be in school, but now they have to stay at home due to financial difficulties,” Huong said, adding that she will only be able to send them … [Read more...] about No fish, no school: 1,000 students forced to stay at home in central Vietnam

Company director on tax fraud counts
The director of four companies, Nguyen Thi Duyen, 48, of Bac Ninh City, has been arrested on charges of illegally selling value-added-tax (VAT) invoices to other local companies for profit, Bac Ninh provincial police said yesterday.
Duyen is accused of establishing limited companies from 2008 to July this year and buying 50 volumes of VAT invoices covering more than VND200 billion (US$9.7 million).
Her companies are said to have little business activity - apart from selling the invoices. The companies are the Tien Bao, Manh Cuong Quoc, Phu Thuan Thanh and Van Giang limited companies and are located in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang.
It is alleged the invoices were illegally filled with data from buyers and that Duyen received a percentage of the money saved.
This caused the State to lose tens billion of dong in tax, according to local police.
Earlier, local police said they had caught Nguyen Thi Bien, 36, an … [Read more...] about SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/10

Many Thai documents and websites state that Thai ridgeback dog is the ancestor of Vietnam's Phu Quoc dog breed. Is it true?Characters of Phu Quoc ridgeback
This is a dog breed originating on Phu Quoc Island off southern Kien Giang province. It is one of only three breeds that has a ridge of hair that runs along its back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat (the others are Rhodesian Ridgeback and Thai Ridgeback).
According to old people on Phu Quoc Island, the dog was traditionally four main colors: spotted, black, yellow, and striped; however now the colors have become more varied.
A mature dog is about 20-25 kg, with a small head, long neck, quite a long snout, thin yet long ears and dark speckles on the tongue. The body of tapering belly, straight legs and webbed feet, this allows Phu Quoc dogs to swim and run exceedingly well.
An important sign to recognize a true Phu Quoc dog is the whorls on its back, together with short, thin hair. When facing competitors or … [Read more...] about Seeking the origin of Phu Quoc ridgeback